The Soviet R-7 Semyorka, the world’s first Intercontinental ballistic missile, became operational.
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The Soviet Union started mass producing the AK-47 assault rifle.
Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.
Nine thousand scientists from 43 nations signed a petition to ban nuclear testing.
Machine guns were used for the first time in a battle in Omdurman, Sudan, Africa.
The world's first atomic bomb was detonated.
